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Archives for March 2014

Tom Osborne helmed one of the greatest dynasties in college football. (As a lifelong Iowa fan, let me just apologize briefly to my parents for making that statement.) He surrounded himself with assistants who were loyal to the program and to his process, which was to take good players and make them a great team. Many assistants were with him for more than a decade, building traditions and earning … [Read more...]

My mother darned socks with a light bulb.
If you don’t know what I mean, envision an incandescent light bulb pushed into the tattered heel of a sock until the squiggly General Electric logo pops into view.
Mom would sit in her favorite recliner beneath the milky flush of a floor lamp and dutifully stitch the chasm closed in a crisscross pattern of heavy thread. Dad’s Sunday socks. Brother’s … [Read more...]

Hello to all you BYO faithful! Let me introduce myself. My name is Kolby, and I work as a Human Resources representative with Nebraska Public Power District. I was born in-and raised in-the good life with a view of NPPD’s largest and most efficient power plant, Gerald Gentleman Station, from my front porch. Growing up, I had no idea what NPPD was or that it was even possible for a gal like me to … [Read more...]